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The article witnesses about fast development of consumption in the Czech Republic after 1989. First, basic features of consumption under the communism are exposed. Second, the likely impact of transition on the economic situation of households is discussed. Third, changes in patt...

The article provides social statistics concerning the main changes in theconsumption behaviour of Czech households between 1990 and 1997. The descriptionis based on a comparison with the situation and trends in the European Unioncountries. The article analyses changes in the infl...

This paper questions assumptions about the relationship between class formation, sustainability and patterns of consumption. The empirical elements of the research are based upon qualitative and quantitative time-series research into food self-provisioning and ‘quiet sustai...

The book presents an introductory information about demographic change in Central Europe. It is particularly targeted at practicioners and policy makers at local and regional level who deal with impacts of changing populations in their work. It presents an overview of population...

Spreading across a wide field between economy and sociology, the department of economic sociology explores theoretical questions and empirical research, focused above all on social connections within labour markets, earnings and income differentiation, social and economic inequal...